June 10, 2016 at 19:30 EDTCCS
SCOTT TOWNSHIP – An officer attempted to stop a Pontiac sedan shortly before 1 AM Friday in the area of Tenny St & Old Berwick Rd, but the driver fled at a high rate of speed on Riverview Ave.
One person fled on foot after the vehicle wrecked at the dead end of Worman St.
June 1, 2016 at 16:37 EDTPennDOT
Motorists in Montour County are advised that traffic is reduced to a single lane on Interstate 80 westbound near mile 222 due to a vehicle fire.
There is a backlog of traffic. Motorists should be alert for stopped or slow-moving traffic.
Emergency crews are on the scene and are working to clear the roadway.
May 26, 2016 at 18:00 EDTCCS
Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf signed Senate Bill 290 into law, which makes the ignition interlock program mandatory for first-time DUI offenders with high blood alcohol levels.
“Drunk driving is a deadly crime that puts Pennsylvania families at risk and this legislation will help prevent people from driving drunk and endangering themselves and putting other lives at risk,” Governor Wolf said. “We owe it to both motorists and pedestrians to keep them safe and hold people who break DUI laws accountable.”
May 2, 2016 at 12:00 EDTPennDOT
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation today announced additional stretches of the interstate network that will be posted with 70 mph speed limits.
Starting tomorrow, 396 additional miles of the Turnpike and 400 additional miles of certain PennDOT highways will be converted to 70 mph; combined with the 201 combined miles of Turnpike and PennDOT roadways already at 70 mph since July 2014, motorists will see the higher speed limit on 997 miles of roadway in the Commonwealth.
April 29, 2016 at 12:47 EDTPennDOT
On Monday, May 2, a 3.4-mile micro-surfacing project on Route 254 in Columbia County will begin.
Work will be from Taylor Road in Millville Borough to Route 44 in Madison Township.
There will be daylight signing and flaggers providing traffic control.
Work is expected to be completed in late June.
Suite-Kote Corporation is the prime contractor on this $237,500 project.
April 29, 2016 at 00:00 EDTPennDOT
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced it will be activating a new type of left turn signal that has been proven to improve left turn safety at intersections.
April 28, 2016 at 15:31 EDTPennDOT
On Monday, May 2, a PennDOT maintenance crew in Columbia County will begin widening Route 3016 (Hollow Road) in Catawissa Borough and Catawissa Township.
Work is expected to be completed by Thursday, May 5, weather permitting. The road will be closed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.
A detour will be in place using Route 42 and Route 487.
April 21, 2016 at 16:47 EDTPennDOT
Update: All lanes of Route 339 are open.
Motorists in Columbia County are advised that Route 339 is down to a single lane between Mainville and Mifflinville due to a vehicle crash and downed power lines.
Flaggers are directing traffic through the area.
Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 770 traffic cameras.
April 19, 2016 at 15:19 EDTPennDOT
On Monday, April 25, a PennDOT bridge crew in Columbia County will begin a bridge replacement project on Route 4008 (Back Branch Road) in Mount Pleasant Township.
The existing concrete slab bridge, which spans a tributary of Fishing Creek, was built in 1940 and is classified as functionally obsolete. It will be replaced with a box culvert.
The bridge will be closed during the project. Route 4013 (Whites Church Road) also will be closed due to its close proximity to the bridge.
April 18, 2016 at 00:02 EDTPress Enterprise
BLOOMSBURG — The crush of revelers at student homes along Fetterman Avenue reached into the thousands Saturday, one of the largest crowds Police Chief Roger Van Loan has seen there in over 20 years.
And with the massive Block Party crowds came the anticipated commotion.
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